In Security Debrief’s 8th annual April Fools coverage, we’ve collected stories the rest of the media somehow missed…
The federal solicitation for the “Southwest Border Wall” is out, and the RFPs contain some surprises on timeline and transparency.
The Administration’s proposed budget cuts to several agencies threaten progress and would make the country less safe.
By Tim Stephens
A missing element in existing border security measures is a means to ensure we don’t increase the threat from disease outbreaks.
Consolidating Precheck, Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST management has many benefits.
There are legions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border, and they do not belong to the United States. They are owned and operated by Mexican drug cartels, and there’s nothing we can currently do to stop them.
Much ink has been spilled over the balance between security and personal privacy. When it comes to immigration, I began thinking about where our national security apparatus could do a better job of things. Growing the CBP’s Global Entry program is one way to get there.
Need another good example of why border security and immigration enforcement are important? Paris.
In the debate over how to address illegal immigration to the United States, some have cautioned that a rigorous effort to enforce visa laws can lead to profiling and potentially a violation of civil rights. That’s a fair concern, and it’s one that can be addressed if we provide U.S. law enforcement with the tools to do their job. That means an exit-tracking system.
When it comes to border security, lines of razor-wire and soldiers is a proposition some in the United States might support, but from experience, we know this is woefully insufficient to keep a border secure and large-scale migration in check.
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